Terry Hajduk and Lori Gee (Herman Miller) say that
"Space drives behaviours and behaviours need to change for our society to reach its learning goals".
We can improve learning with the quality of the space.
The right space does not guarantee success,
BUT
the wrong space can make success unlikely."
Now
"Innovation' isn't what innovators do....it's what customers and clients adopt." says Michael Schrage, "It's also reaction to the prototype."
Innovation is the end result of the creation of new knowledge. The amount of new knowledge created is an indicator of a product or services' newness; newness to the consumer, the organisation and to the world. So innovation is a learning process. Learning takes place in various ways as I have blogged here.
A great innovation process will take each type of learner on a design journey closing the gap between what we think we need to know (vision) and what we think we know. 83% of potential learners (action learners plus people oriented) will learn by doing and interacting- small wonder that models, prototypes and simulations are such powerful platforms for innovative thinking. The other 17% will go out and about to exhibitions, lectures or just read about new 'stuff' that can enable the team to use even more knowledge-building blocks to reach their goals.. and they need space too.
John Maeda quoted Henrik Bode of Bell Labs
"The more you know, the more you learn,
The more you learn, the more you can do;
the more you can do, the more the opportunity."
So maximising the opportunities for learning must be a priority if organisations truly wish to be known for their innovative offers. So this sort of office probably makes creative success unlikely
[photo originally Uploaded on by jamiefreaky ; used under CC]
Perhaps a different kind of space is called for....
[photo originally uploaded on by Scootie ;used under CC.]
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